Introduction --; Overview of Selected Problems in Offshore Technology --; Impact of Water on Offshore Structures and Infrastructure --; Homogeneous Transformations and Joint Coordinates in the Description of Geometry of Multibody Systems --; Equations of Motion of Systems with Rigid Links --; Modelling of Joining Elements: Constraint Equations --; Nonlinear Models of Materials --; The Rigid Finite Element Method --; Applications of Models of Offshore Structures --; Selected Applications Related to Control of Offshore Structures --; Summary.
With contributions from leading experts in a high-profile field, this collection introduces a range of problems in offshore technology, as well as detailing ways of modeling the dynamics of machines commonly used in this environmentally sensitive industry--Provided by publisher.